Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-11-21

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CONTENTS

[01] Troika press conference on Tuesday; PM briefed

[02] Super League soccer results

[01] Troika press conference on Tuesday; PM briefed

Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou also briefed Prime Minister George Papandreou on the results of his marathon two-day talks with European Commission, European Central Bank and IMF inspectors in Athens, sources at the prime minister's office confirmed on Sunday night. (ANA-MPA)

Talks between Papaconstantinou and the troika officials began on Saturday morning and continued until late on Sunday night. Finance ministry officials said that the discussion would focus mainly on the implementation of structural reforms included in the memorandum. Thorny issues on the table were labour issues and sector labour agreements, as well as transfers of staff in public utilities and state enterprises. (ANA-MPA)

The troika team, headed by European Commission Deputy Director General for economic and financial affairs Servaas Deroose, IMF European Department deputy director Poul Thomsen and ECB division chief Klaus Masuch, were in Athens for their regular progress report on the Greek economy for the disbursement of a 9 billion euros third tranche of the 110 billion euros EU-IMF support loan to Greece.

(ANA-MPA)The government is optimistic that EU-IMF officials will agree to the release of the third instalment of loans to Greece under the financial support mechanism.

The part of the loan given by the IMF is to be released within December, while that from the Eurozone member-states in January 2011.(ANA-MPA)

Caption: File photo of Troika leaders Poul Thomsen from the IMF (L), Servaas Deroose from the European Commission (C) and Klaus Masuch from the ECB (R) from their August 2010 visit to Greece. (ANA-MPA/A. Beltes)

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[02] Super League soccer results

In other action:

Olympiacos Volos-Asteras Tripoli 1-1

Xanthi-Panseraikos Serres 2-0

Atromitos Athens-Ergotelis Crete 1-1

Aris Thessaloniki-Kerkyra 2-0

Larissa -Panionios Athens 0-1

Standings after 11 weeks of play:

1. Olympiacos P. 24 points (10 games)

2. Panathinaikos 24

3. Kavala 18

4. PAOK 17

5. AEK 16

6. Aris 16

7. Iraklis 15

8. Olympiacos Volos. 15

9. Asteras 14

10. Kerkyra 13

11. Xanthi 11

12. Panseraikos 11

13. Larissa 11

14. Atromitos 11

15. Panionios 10

16. Ergotelis 10 (9 games)

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